The Resource Figures of play : Greek drama and metafictional poetics, Gregory W. Dobrov
Figures of play : Greek drama and metafictional poetics, Gregory W. Dobrov
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- Summary
- Figures of Play explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. Fifth century tragedy and comedy sublimated the agonistic basis of Greek civilization in a way that invited the community of the polis to confront itself. In the theatre, as in the courts and assemblies, a significant subset of the Athenian public was spectator and judge of contests where important social and ideological issues were played to it by its own members. The "syntax" of drama is shown to involve specific "figures of play" through which the theatrical medium turns back on itself to study the various contexts of its production. Greek tragedy and comedy were argued to be tempermentally metafictional in that they are always involved in recycling older fictions into contemporary scenarios of immediate relevance to the polis. The phemonenology of this process is discussed under three headings, each a "figure of play": 1) surface play--momentary disruption of the theatrical pretense through word, sign, gesture; 2) mise en abyme--a mini-drama embedded in a larger framework; 3) contrafact--an extended remake in which one play is based on another.; Following three chapters in which this framework is set forth and illustrated with concrete examples there are five case studies named after the protagonists of the plays in question: Aias, Pentheus, Tereus, Bellerophontes, Herakles. Hence the other meaning of "figures of play" as stage figures. In the second section of the book on "the Anatomy of Dramatic Fiction," special attention is paid to the interaction between genres. In particular, Aristophanic comedy is shown to be engaged in an intense rivalry with tragedy that underscores the different ways in which each genre deployed its powers of representation. Tragedy refashions myth: in Bakkhai, for example, it is argued that Euripides reinvented Dionysis to be specifically a theatrical god, a symbol of tragedy's powers of representation. Comedy refashions tragedy: in a series of utopian comedies, Aristophanes re-enacts a tragic scenario in a way that revals comedy as a superior means of solving political and social crisis
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)
- Contents
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- PART I: METATHEATER: THREE PHENOMENAL MODES: Drama and metafiction
- Figures of play, Part 1: surface play and Mise en Abyme
- Figures of play, Part 2: the comic contrafact
- PART II: THE ANATOMY OF DRAMATIC FICTION: TRAGIC MADNESS: Aias, Sophokles' Aias, Madness and the show within
- Pentheus: Euripides' Bakkhai as a contest of fictions
- PART III: THE ANATOMY OF DRAMATIC FICTION: COMIC UTOPIA: Bellerophontes: Euripides' Bellerophontes and Aristophanes' Peace
- Tereus: Sophokles' Tereus and Aristophanes' Birds
- Herakles: Euripides' Peirithous and Aristophanes' Frogs
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780195353785
- Label
- Figures of play : Greek drama and metafictional poetics
- Title
- Figures of play
- Title remainder
- Greek drama and metafictional poetics
- Statement of responsibility
- Gregory W. Dobrov
- Subject
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- Aesthetics, Ancient
- Arts du spectacle dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Drama -- Technique
- Drama -- Technique
- Electronic books
- Esthétique ancienne
- Greek drama
- Greek drama -- History and criticism
- Grieks
- History
- Performing arts in literature
- Aesthetics, Ancient
- Poetics
- Poetics -- History -- To 1500
- Poétique
- Theater in literature
- Theater in literature
- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) -- Technique
- Théâtre dans la littérature
- Théâtre grec -- Histoire et critique
- To 1500
- Toneelstukken
- Performing arts in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Figures of Play explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. Fifth century tragedy and comedy sublimated the agonistic basis of Greek civilization in a way that invited the community of the polis to confront itself. In the theatre, as in the courts and assemblies, a significant subset of the Athenian public was spectator and judge of contests where important social and ideological issues were played to it by its own members. The "syntax" of drama is shown to involve specific "figures of play" through which the theatrical medium turns back on itself to study the various contexts of its production. Greek tragedy and comedy were argued to be tempermentally metafictional in that they are always involved in recycling older fictions into contemporary scenarios of immediate relevance to the polis. The phemonenology of this process is discussed under three headings, each a "figure of play": 1) surface play--momentary disruption of the theatrical pretense through word, sign, gesture; 2) mise en abyme--a mini-drama embedded in a larger framework; 3) contrafact--an extended remake in which one play is based on another.; Following three chapters in which this framework is set forth and illustrated with concrete examples there are five case studies named after the protagonists of the plays in question: Aias, Pentheus, Tereus, Bellerophontes, Herakles. Hence the other meaning of "figures of play" as stage figures. In the second section of the book on "the Anatomy of Dramatic Fiction," special attention is paid to the interaction between genres. In particular, Aristophanic comedy is shown to be engaged in an intense rivalry with tragedy that underscores the different ways in which each genre deployed its powers of representation. Tragedy refashions myth: in Bakkhai, for example, it is argued that Euripides reinvented Dionysis to be specifically a theatrical god, a symbol of tragedy's powers of representation. Comedy refashions tragedy: in a series of utopian comedies, Aristophanes re-enacts a tragic scenario in a way that revals comedy as a superior means of solving political and social crisis
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dobrov, Gregory W.
- Dewey number
- 882/.0109
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PA3136
- LC item number
- .D63 2001eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Greek drama
- Performing arts in literature
- Poetics
- Theater in literature
- Aesthetics, Ancient
- Drama
- Théâtre grec
- Arts du spectacle dans la littérature
- Théâtre dans la littérature
- Esthétique ancienne
- Théâtre (Genre littéraire)
- Poétique
- DRAMA
- Aesthetics, Ancient
- Drama
- Greek drama
- Performing arts in literature
- Poetics
- Theater in literature
- Toneelstukken
- Grieks
- Label
- Figures of play : Greek drama and metafictional poetics, Gregory W. Dobrov
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- PART I: METATHEATER: THREE PHENOMENAL MODES: Drama and metafiction -- Figures of play, Part 1: surface play and Mise en Abyme -- Figures of play, Part 2: the comic contrafact -- PART II: THE ANATOMY OF DRAMATIC FICTION: TRAGIC MADNESS: Aias, Sophokles' Aias, Madness and the show within -- Pentheus: Euripides' Bakkhai as a contest of fictions -- PART III: THE ANATOMY OF DRAMATIC FICTION: COMIC UTOPIA: Bellerophontes: Euripides' Bellerophontes and Aristophanes' Peace -- Tereus: Sophokles' Tereus and Aristophanes' Birds -- Herakles: Euripides' Peirithous and Aristophanes' Frogs -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 65171733
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780195353785
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)65171733
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Figures of play : Greek drama and metafictional poetics, Gregory W. Dobrov
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- PART I: METATHEATER: THREE PHENOMENAL MODES: Drama and metafiction -- Figures of play, Part 1: surface play and Mise en Abyme -- Figures of play, Part 2: the comic contrafact -- PART II: THE ANATOMY OF DRAMATIC FICTION: TRAGIC MADNESS: Aias, Sophokles' Aias, Madness and the show within -- Pentheus: Euripides' Bakkhai as a contest of fictions -- PART III: THE ANATOMY OF DRAMATIC FICTION: COMIC UTOPIA: Bellerophontes: Euripides' Bellerophontes and Aristophanes' Peace -- Tereus: Sophokles' Tereus and Aristophanes' Birds -- Herakles: Euripides' Peirithous and Aristophanes' Frogs -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 65171733
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780195353785
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)65171733
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Aesthetics, Ancient
- Arts du spectacle dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Drama -- Technique
- Drama -- Technique
- Electronic books
- Esthétique ancienne
- Greek drama
- Greek drama -- History and criticism
- Grieks
- History
- Performing arts in literature
- Aesthetics, Ancient
- Poetics
- Poetics -- History -- To 1500
- Poétique
- Theater in literature
- Theater in literature
- Théâtre (Genre littéraire) -- Technique
- Théâtre dans la littérature
- Théâtre grec -- Histoire et critique
- To 1500
- Toneelstukken
- Performing arts in literature
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